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Cotton: The Industrial Web [1/2]

Cotton: The Industrial Web [1/2]

Artist: Denys Arcand

Year: 2016

Duration: 60:00

Country: Canada

A documentary look at the closing of a Montreal textile mill and the adverse effect on the workers lives. Covers current and historical issues from health and safety to the formation of textile industry unions despite physical and psychological opposition from police, government and others.